And The Problems Are…

Substantial enough, it seems to me, that it’s going to take more than a month or so to fix them.  I’m guessing this is what the big pow-wow on Capital Hill was about today, too.  The one with the video-conference hookup with Patraeus. Note, by the way, the source of this report – The Voice of Iraq. Not an American media source.

U.S. top commander meets Iraqi officials on transference of security responsibility

Baghdad, Jul 19, (VOI) – U.S. top commander in Iraq General David Petraeus discussed with a number of Iraqi officials, including the National Security Adviser Mowafaq al-Rubaie, the reasons behind delaying the handover of security responsibilities to the Iraqi forces, [...]

UPDATE: Here’s the full report on what Congress heard today:

Crocker: Look Outside of Baghdad for Political Progress

For a taste of what’s to come from the September Iraq update provided by General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, take a look at what Crocker told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee [...]

Tags: Iraq War, Patraeus, al-Rubaie, Security

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